European Slavery in Africa: Beyond the Trans-Atlantic trade

European Slavery in Africa: Beyond the Trans-Atlantic trade

“Unbroken Chains”, which will be published on 28 August, radically expands the scope of how slavery in Africa is understood, moving beyond the widely known trans-Atlantic trade to emphasize a far older, wider, and more complex history. While the Atlantic slave trade is etched into public memory, this is only a fragment of a story that stretches back over 5,000 years and continues today. Slavery in Africa involved not just Europeans but Arab, Ind…